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h !f .^PreMmtkbmmfn
cf>nt. qfficUdlckKVu
oiilio atffnl OcrtrueUm.
ilocciiUtai,
l um'. to oitcn a mrr"» .
;imt„ to all who
' condition,
' "■ n f dwrge. It *u
' "nmmuj* the biglipt?
iiish the oftitif^irov.
1:1 »l»:ir Annul JUport
- . express thafflClJ
I- L- .-itUlldcd
" r
■n «.n-rW ,-piuf, j£
nndSrdcrn
ensiling yo 4 r , “
aft# STS
.i>t or-i wo
°*i •!'« nature and
', ' Uin^a"
1,1 “'••It lo liiu
1 ’ °rgrout valun
1 I Dtc.
HNT IN" (JOOK-
O OAS AND SAYING
liich i» destined to iu
FUEL
■ quickly and regular
i gas urines from till*
■m-nmed ere it canes
>l.e ns that unpleasant
i consumed Itulde ol
nptr of Ouf« or chim-
Uio mortar loosened by
* are invited to call at
:i‘-c<nic Temple, and ox-
V SHOEMAKER,
■'i/’ir IStair thuniy.
!■ c Conking and Egg
[Aug. 12,1860.
: <«AZETTE.—
"■ and Criminals U In
1 initiated throughout
.n-nt Trials, Criminal
i he some, together with
.oi to bo found iu any
el for six months, ('« •
old write their pames
• they reside plainly!
ATSELL & CO.,
•; 1: Police Ouxette.
, -View York Oily.
ane’s
ED
UGE
ILLS.
ball the atteh-
and more
icians pf‘ the
e most popu
re the public.
Celebrated
Pills.
mend them as
ut simply for
xirts, viz.: i
l-UGE,
ns from the
has also been
lc most satis-
ious Animals
VI’IJhLS,
'JoM PLAINTS,
mkn.tr, Sick.
n caSes of
Ague, t
r faking Qni
ariably riiake
at cure. '
c above men
tis Unrivaled,
fail when ad
• nice with the
(d popularity
r icturs, ,
)THERS,
’ Fa V
)i ug business,
’ v.cn success
: lust Twenty
uvv givc.tlifiir
attention j to
And being.de
-I’Lane’s Cele
d Liver
mpy the high
id among''the
he day,- they .
c neither th* l6
iring the Best
L l, and com
nost thorough
1 orders to
■iUibnrg^
I. ring rrom
lie their order*
spared by
-Vising toglTetM» #
I* lid, to«ii> P» rt /“S”
i «elve U reo-centpojr
fir fonrtMnagS,
iJ, must bcaccotpp*® o^
Mtggita tribune
McCiIUM & BERN,
V(IL. 4 -
XIIK ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
~puji i DERS, Publishers and Proprietors.
fnavabio invariably In advance,} $1,60
r • i,,n ' A cuuiiuuca,«t the expiration ef the time
Jli
■ !'•*
os' KBVURTIHXO.
1 iimertiou 3 do. ’ S do.
i 26 $ 3T$ 60
' Uik-.) ■ 60 76 1 00
1 00 1 50 2 00
‘.VJ - ) 160 200 260
mill li’*> tlian three moutha, 25 ceuta per
’ ,‘iu -i illai‘ll lull
3 months. 0 months. 1 year.
$1 50 $3 00 ,s's 00
260 " 400 .7' 00
4 00 0 00 10 00
6 00 8 00 12 X)0
6 00 10 00 14 00
, „ 10 00 14 00 20 00
‘‘“’'l"'* 14 00 -25 00 40 00
.Mr.'liimu. Eucnters Notices, 175
year, three nuaree, .
. .&*. **.***&&« *
2*: Hili’eal character or individual In
. «,11 |,B charged according to tho above rates.
'Ti t rtiw-JHfut* 111.1 marked with the number ef Insertions
, T C . mil be continued till forbid and charged according
• n’-oV*' I‘THM.
■ - uouces five cento per line for every Insertion.
aoiicesexutsjJiiig ten lines, fifty cents a square.
, or If"*!
vW''i
i 'i r “
i *• C
PiKS. LOOP & (tEMMILL HAV-
I /. I\ii .nteio.l into Partnership iu the Practice of
J iH t.-i-Ttrully tesih'r their services to the Bablic
", w ru! Imuicher of their Profession.
- -.n:i i • answered either day or night, at their office
.. lb., ram" as lujrctoforo occupied by Dm. Hirst
-or at til" Logan House,
il.-t. U3U Sbl
u. M. LLOYD & CO.,
ALTOONA, PA-,
JOHNSTON.-JACK & CO.,
lIOLLWA YSBUUO , PA.,
(An, v “Bell, Johnston , Jack <j- Co.”)
]iHA FT 8 ON THE PRINCIPAL
I f r;:i.i, and Silver and Gold for sole. Collections
received on deposit®, payable on demand,
j . i,t inf rest, or upon time, with interest at Mr rates.
|ei 3'l. 186^.
I AN PS 1 LANDS I! LANDS !! !
[j The undersigned is prepared to locate LAND WAR-
LaMC in the Omaha and Nebraska City Land Offices. —
, elections can now bo wade the large streams
u;! ettlemeiits. The Lands of'thia Territory, now In
Slut, i. are ol the best quality.
t-i.-, -■. i , iions carefully nuulo. Letters of inquiry ro
, ~„i alex. r. McKinney.
OreafoUS, Casa County, X. Ter.
It. 1559.-tf
rkfrrencss:
K-t. a, B. Clark. Alt-ona, Pa.
\\ h M. Llotd A Co„ Bankers, Altoona, Pa.
Mcl'uim 4 Hern, Editors, , “
Tue-. A. Scott, Supt. P. R. R-, “
P. McMcrtme, Esq, Humingdoa. Pa-
f D. LEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW
l) , ALTOONA-BLAIR Co. Pa„
i,:; i.rnctke law in the several Courts of Blair. Cambria,
ii-bngdon, Clearfield, Cjentre and adjoining counties.—
i. u the District Count of the United States,
r, lections of claims promptly attended to. Agent for
•i -ilo Ilf Real Estate, Bounty Land Warrants, and all
■ „ purloining to conveyancing and the law.
References:
II a Wilson McGandfeii and Andrew Burke, Esq., Pitts-
Roil. Samuel A. OilmsrflirPrcs. Judge of Fayette
ii District pHan. Cltenard Clemens, of Wheeling, Va.;
5 »11.-nrv D. Foster, ttxiensbnrgi.Hon. John W. Killingcr,
/ .a.—, : Hon. Wm. A. Porter, Philadelphia: and Hon.
• IV Hamclton, Pittsburg. Juno 10, 1839-ly.
UKNTISTRY.—DR. S. KIMMELL,
1 7 OI'ERA TIVE d MECHAXICAL I) EXT I ST.
Tvih iii-nted, from one to a full act, <m Gold or Silver
T..-ih filled with Gold, and warranted fm- ten years.
Tt-tli Extracted by tRo; Electro Magnetic Machine witli
tt Pun.
A" n|uT-ations and worH done cheaper than anywhere
r. tl.- county, and it deduction made, of the railroad
fr.|tu Altoona to IlloUidiiyisburg, from all opera
•;c- amounting to five dollars and over.
I,:. Oil!.-,- on Montgomery street, opposite'the Exchange
a,-;. . IMlidayshurg, Pn.; [Dec. 10, IS3S-ly
\\ r R. BOYERS,
T I , .I TTORXET & COUXSELLOR AT LA IT,
ALTOONA, BLAIU CODNTY, PA.
if'." pricti -<• in the serpral Courts of Blair, Cambria,
Hmitmgdpn anil Indiana comities.
'r ~| t. ntiun given to the collection of Claims,
n! •! remittances made.
■ ■ -i-d.. Ih-(iennan language fluently.
* ' nil'--, f,r the present, with J. M. Cherry, Esq., op
•' K.—l,r‘a Drug Store.
te .■>.>. August 4, tBs9l—tf ,
WM. S.'BITTNER,
ST 'KG-EON DENTIST.
( U'KU'Fi IN. THE MASONIC TEM
* / V\.V., Tc* tli extracted without pain by tho Electro
—' Machine. ; [Doc. *2Z i
Student wanted-
I i!:. AVM. R. ETNLEY RE- 6
i / SJ’ECTFUhLY ulters bin
- t<a tho people of Altoona and the a^*
•untry. mTOuWm
•u;iv l.ie found at tha office herotolurc oc
• I bv Dr. 0. D. Thomas,
AiSept. 30, lSr>H.-tf n
HE. ROYER. M. D.,
• Offers hi« profiled <.nal services to the citizens of
l ■ eia and vicinity. ’
I>.-! ~f references can lie given if required.
••£' at residence on Branch street, Hast Altoona, three
ifoye Conrad's Store. April 28 'a’J-ly.
(1 VKS! O YES! GENTLEMEN
* / iKm- uigli and hear. JOSEPH P. TROUT innoun
si Or |,u_ii C) tlmt ho is ready to discharge his duty
'■ tu ii .neer whenever called upon. [Jan. 2 ’66.
J. G. ADLUM,
A1.T00N.4, BtAIR COUNTY. PA.
f;,:i i t ull times he found nt tho store of J. B. Uilcman.
™. iVt ,i,.-r 1, 1857.-ly
Bell) iSooit
r piiK srusciur.Eii has lately
.!*■ "P'-'e il a BOOK STORE next door to mfSTStm
.nuTor Virginia and Annie itrcrlt,
and Standard Authors, New Publication*,
La-nature, periodicals and Staple an 4
Fancy Stationery in large varieties. .
Bri!'d n<w ilI “ 1 "rj select lot of SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC
i,^ 8 1“'! MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Tho citizen* ot
*. P in ? * r " respectfully Invited to call.
11 “olerH attended to with promptness and dispatch.
v ,3, 1 g58-tf H. SMITH.
]>l -L\]N(i MILL & SASH MANU
-1.; * V-TOUY.—Tlie subscriber would announce that
, lu “ reuwved l,i* ■ ■ ; ■
toning Mill and Saab Manuiac
' ‘"I
.-dij 1 " 11 ,{| Altoonvwhcro he will continue to fill or
!^h l J“ t<! «d •» all wtjrk entrusted -:to Jjlra, .with ;dw
fu.‘i '''l' Mill is 011 the lot adjoining Allison’s Steam
Ai d v ll - ! THUS. McAULEY.
Nov. 17, r '
(’USS Bxlo TO 20x24, AND CUT
- W J ,rd '' r b y ,0. ..KESSLER.
S PK ‘ t A<!LES and eye presek
u- in resslek'S.
SAVING FUND.
National
SAFETY
TEUST
Company.
SAYING FUND.t-NATIONAL
SAFETY TRCST COMPANY.— CaABTjatBD BY THE
State of PEsxstltasia.
m RULES.
*• Money Is received every day, and in any amount, largo
or Email.
2, Vitk pek cesi. interest is paid for money from thoday
it is put in.
3. The money is always paid back lo sold, whenever it
is called for, and without notice.
4. Money is received from Executors, Administrators,
Guartlinns, and others who desire to have It In a place of
perfect safety, and where interest can bcobtuined for it.
SyTlio money received from depositors is invested iu
Ural Estate, Mortgages, Ground rents, and such other
Rrst class securities ua the Charter directs.
ti. Office Honrs—Every day from 9 till 5 o'clock, and on
ilnudavr and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the evening.
HON. H. L. BKNNKU, President.
ROBERT SELKUIDGK, Vice President.
W. J. REED, Secretary.
i DIRECTORS.
3. M (JEMMILL, M. D
Henry L. Benner, ; Francis Lbr,
Edward L. Carter, ' F. Carroll Brewster,
Roukrt Selfridup, Joseph B. Barry,
.Samuel K. Ashton, Joseph Ykrk.es,
C. Landretd Munns, Henry Diffenderfer.
Office : Walnut Street, S. W. Corner of Third St. Phila
delphia. April 14th, ’oSl-ly.
Commonwealth Insurance Co.,
UNION BUILDINGS, Zd STREET ,
IF’A, - .
\V n. BOYERSi AGENT,
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, PA.
Chartered Capital $300,000.
TNSURE. BUILDINGS AND OTHER
I PROPERTY against I-oss or Damage by Fire. Also
against perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation and Transpor
tation.
DIRECTORS
Simon Cameron, Geo Bergner, W V Murray,
Geo M Lannian, Benjamin Parke, F K Boos,
William Dock, Wni II Kepner, Jno H Bcrryhlll,
Ell Slifer. A B Warlord, Wm F Packer.
James Fox,
OFFICERS:
SIMON CAMERON, President.
BEN.T. PARKE, Tice President.
S. 8. CARRIER, Secretary.
Sept. 29, 1859.-Cm
PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Pittsbcrgh.
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
ALTOONA, PA.
Capital, and Surplus over $130,000.00.
DIRECTORS;
Jacob Painter, - A A Carrier, Geo W Smith,
Body Patterson, A J Jones, Wade Hampton,
Henry Sproul, N Voeghtly, Robert Patrick,'
C A Colton, X Grier Sproul, Jas H Hopkins.
This Company has paid losses from the date of its incor
poration in 1854, up to May, 1839, to amount of $302,836.07,
in addition to regular scrai-nnnnal Dividends of from Kto
15 per oent., affording evidence of its stability and useful
ness. Losses Liberally Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
A. A. Carrier, 1 Pres't. I. Grier Speocl, Sec*y.
/ 11TY INSURANCE COMPANY,
\J Office, 110 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
Altoona, Blair County, Pa.
C-'UitTZK Perpetual. Capital $200,000.
Oeoaxizzh 1851.
Insures- from Isiss htj Fire z—Household Goods, Buildings
and MerchiunUze generally.
Inmiri-js Lires —During the Natural Life or for Short Terms.
Inland Insurance —On Goods, by Canal, Lakes and Land
Carriage. ROBERT PERRY, Pros’!.
11. K. Richardson, Vice Prut.
Or.o. C. HetMEOLn, Secy. [Sept. 29, ’59-6m
American Life Insurance and Trust Go*
Company Building, Walnut 5 1 .., S. E. comer of
Fourth Vhila.
W. R. BOYERS. AG’T, ALTOONA,
LIFE INSURANCE AT THE USUAL MUTUAL RATES,
OR AT JOINT STOCK RATES, AT ABOUT 20 PER CENT.
LESS. OR AT TOTAL AB3XINAXCE RATES, THE LOW
EST IN THE WORLD. A. WHILLDIN, Pres’t.
i. 0. SIMMS, Sec’y. [Oct. 27th, 1859-ly.
Blair county insurance
AGENCY. —Tho undersigned, Agent of tho Blair
County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is at nil
times ready to insure against loss or damage by Are, Build
ings, Merchandise, Furniture and Properly, of every des
cription, in town or country, at os reasonable rates as any
Company in the State. Office with Bell, Johnston, Jack s
Go. D. T. CALDWELL, Agent.
Jan. 27, ’59-tf
Lycoming county mutual
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.—The undersigned,
agent of the Lycoming Mutual K:ro Insurance Company, la
at all times ready to Insure against loss or damage by fire.
Buildings . Merchandise, Furniture, and Property of every
d«*cription, in town or country, at as reasonable rates as
any company in tbo State. Office in the Masonic Temple.
Jan. 3, *56-tf] \ JOUN SHOEMAKER, Jgent.
Great western insurance
AND TRUST COMPANY.— Insurance on Real or
personal property will be effected on the most reasonable
terms by their agents In Altoona at his office in Anna St.
March 17.1869. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent.
UNITED STATES LIFE INSU
RANCE Company. Agency, Anna Street, Altoona.
March 17,1859. JOHN SHOEMAKER,, Agent.
COAL! COAL!—THE UNDER
signed would respectfully in- ,£=====*.
form the citizens of Altoona that lie
lias taken the Coal Yard forinnrlvKs-WBf*'"' «3BMsSr
kept by John Allison, and is prepar-wwSw •
ed to furnish all kinds of Coal at the shortest notice and
on tho most reasonable terms, for cash or prompt month
!y payments. , JACOB WAUNER.
Sept. 22, 18595 m.
11/TEDICATED FUR CHEST PRO
±?JL TECTOR, A SATE SHIELD AGAINST THOSE
fearful diseases Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and otlier affec
tion* of the Lugs, which arise from the exposed state of the
chest, according iofashionnnA the continual changes of out
Climate, for sale at tho Drugstore ot Q. W. KESSLER.
More light! more light!
Just arrived at tho storb ‘of A. Roush, a splendid
lot ofa No. I, Carbon Oil, which he wfll sclt at 31 cts per
quart, also a lot of Carbon Oil Lamps of Jones Patent
which are -warranted to lay superior' to any other-kind. '
Altoona, Nov. 24, ’59-tf.
tKVPS PREPARATION ‘ FOR Ex
terminating RXTs, MICE, ROACHES, ANTS, and
Bed-bugs without danger in its hso under any circuinstan
20s, for sola at tho Prog Stare of
Jap.aA *B6-tf] O. y. KESSLKRi
T U3VIBER FOR SALE. -
I i 00,000 SUtNGLBS, . " 60,000 LATHES,
and all kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL, lower' than the
lowest, for Cash, Apply.tp ’-JOHN SHOEMAKER;
Pure; white lead and zinc
Paint, also Chrome. Green, YeUffW, Paris Grecn. dry
n ground oil at - KESSLER’S
Capital Stock, $500,000.
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER.IS, 1859.
Held
FOB TOE MOTHER’S SAKE.
UB- A yonnß man wbo bad left his home in Mains,heal
thy and vigormw, situ) seized with the yellow fever in Now
Orleans ; and although nursed with devoted care by friend
ly Strangers, he died, When tlie coffin was being .closed,
“Stop,” said an aged woman who was present,— I "Let me
hit) him for hi) mother /”
Let me kiss him for his mother!
Ere so lay him with the dead
Far away-from home, another
Bure may kiss him In her stead.
llow Hint mother’s lip would kiss him
Till her heart should nearly brook 1
How in days to come ahoTl miss him!
'Let mo kies him for her sake.
Let me kies him for bis motbur I
Let me kiss tlie wandering boy;
It may bp ,there is. no other
Left behind to give her joy.
When the news of woo tbo morrow
horns her bosom like a coal.
She may foe] tbis kiss of sorrow
\ Fail us bairn upon her soul.
Let mo kiss him for bis mother!
Heroes yo, who by bis side.
Waited on him as a brother
Till the northern stranger
Ileedihg not the faiKiniection,
Breathing in tbo fever breath,—
Lot nit, of my own election,
Give the ntotber’s kiss in death.
“Let me kiss him for his mother!"
Loving thought and loving deed 1
Seek not tear nor sigh to smother,
Gentle matrons, while yo read
Thank the God who make you human.
Gave yc pitying teats to shed;
Honor ye the Christian woman
Bending; O'er another's dead.
Skied
SWEET WETTIE GRAY ;
Or, Making I»ove on an Apple Tree.
Everybody said that Nettie Gray waa a
beauty, not one of your polished city belles,
but a gay, roiqping, saucy piece of nature’s
handiwork, yet gentle and affectionate
withal, possessing a depth of feeling and
sentiment which few arc able to fathom.
Now, “sweet Nettie Gray,” as she was
called, had long been loved by one Charlie
Gratton —the handsome young merchant
who kept the only store the village of
N could boast of; where he had, for
some four or five years, dealt out sugar,
tea, coffee, tobacco, calicoes, silks, pins,
hardware, and : a variety of merchandise,
to the villagers'and surrounding farmers,
and had realized .quite a little fortune; a
part of which he invested in the purchase
of widow Morton’s beautiful cottage and
'grounds, which, at the death of her hus
band, she had been obliged to dispose of
and take a cheaper place, where she could
live less expensively; while from the sur
plus of the price received for the cottage
she received a nice little income. Char
ley had also taken the widow’s son into
the store, qts his increased business made
it necessary to procure assistance. The
salary paid to tittle Johnny was a materi
al help to his mother, for which she was
very grateful and she never failed to speak
a word in his praise whenever an opportu
nity presented.
This, with the numberless acts of gen
erosity which Charley was never tired of
performing, made him the hero of that lit
tle village, and caused him to bo beloved
and respected, hy both old and young, for
many miles around. To say, that Nettie
Gray was indifferent to his mariy visits, or
for the ardent- love ho entertained for her,
would be doing injustice to her warm ap
preciative heart But the spirit of mis
chief seemed to possess her, and, though
she was uniformly kind and gentle in her
disposition towards her lover, and would *
converse freely and unreservedly with him
upon any tojpic, yet, when he approached.
the subject nearest to his heart, she was off
like a frightelied bird. Not that she was
afraid of him, pr that the subject was dis
tasteful to hpr, (for her own heart was
equally .interested,) but she delighted to
tease him, and heartily enjoyed his dis
comfiture on such occasions. She knew
he loved her with all the strength of his
soul, and she had no fear of alienating his
affections from herself —an event which
would have given her the deepest pain,.
Charley had begun to think seriously of
marriage; and why. not ? dThere stood the
cottage embowered in trees, many of which
were bending under their heavy load of
rare fruit,., unoccupied. It needed only
the presence of his hrighteyed Nettie to
make it a Paradise. His income was more
than sufficient t<f satisfy their most ex
travagant wants, and why should he not
marry ? Many times he had visited Net
tie for Ihp express purpose of making
known his urisnes, but had been as often
prevented from saying what he wanted to
say, by thellittlc .mischief running away
at the first word he uttered on the subject.
To think pi* supplying her place from the
many fair damjscls in it—who would glad
ly have accepted his hand, was out’ of the
question. It liras he lovedj and
Nettie 6nly[ arid ho(fhlt sure she*Teturncd
his affections, but how could ho ever get
married if! not pprmitfed to pro
pose ?, must resort to stratagem," he
thought, apd fie partially formed many
plans to little.beauty^"id ternisj
and as often abandoned them.
[INDEPENDENT _ IN EYERTTmNQ.J
His mind was busy with such thoughts,
as one bright morning in September he
walked towards Farmer Gray's mansion.
HO leisurely ascended the hill, at the top
of which, upon a lovely table land, stood
the great old house, when he was startled
by a familiar voice calling :
“ Bring the ladder, Dick! I want to get
down." And looking up, he beheld Net
tie seated in the wide spreading branches
of a large apple tree that stood in the field
near the road. Dick, perched upon the
topmost round of a ladder that leaned
against a pear tree, was quietly filling a
basket with the rich fruit.
“ Wait a minute, sis," replied Dick,
without looking up; I have got my bas
ket almost full. I-U come in a minute."
“ Come now, Dick! quick, quick,
quick !" again called the impatient voice
of his sister.
Dick evidently began to think there
was something wrong, for as he turned
around, his eye instantly caught sight of
our boro coming up the road, but a few
rods from where they were. He instantly
descended the tree, but instead of carry
ing the ladder to assist Lis sister to de
scend, he gave a loud shout, threw bis cap
into the air, cleared the wall with a bound,
and ran rapidl} - down the hill, shouting at
the top of his voice, “O, Mr. Gratton,
I’ve treed a coon !” Then placing his
bands upon the ground before him, he
turned some five or six somersaults, pick
ed up his cap, and ran with dll bis might
to the house. The little rogue evidently
loved mischief as well as did his pretty
sister.
Charley’s first thought was to go to the
assistance of .Nettie, and he leaped the
wall and approached the tree. Taking the
ladder from the upper tree, he was about
placing it for her to descend, when a sud
den thought suggested itself. “ She can
not run away from me now,” and not stop
ping to consider the ungallant act, he
grasped a ; lower branch, and with some
gay remarks swung himself lightly up and
took a scat by her side.
Nettie, who was an amiable girl, and
could take a joke as good naturedly as she
could give one, oddly laughed heartily at
the trick her brother played upon her,
complimented Charley upon his agility,
and invited him to help himself to the
blushing fruit that hung in such tempting
profusion about them. After chatting on
a variety Of themes, he determined to ap
proach the subject, and if possible, get an
intelligent answer. For some time he sat
in silence, then said ; *
“Nettie, I have something to say to
you.”
“ Ah, have you ?” she replied. “ Well,
Charley, please help me down, and you
can say it as we walk to the house.’'
Charley saw the mischief in her eyes,
and resolved to go on without heeding her
request, yet he changed somewhat in his
mo'de of attack.
“ Nettie, I am going to be married.”
“ Married, Charley, married ?”
Without heeding the playful glance
that was raised to his face, he went on :
“ Yes, Nettie; my business is now very
prosperous —I have a pretty home, which
needs only the additional charm of a pair
of bright eyes. I have found a sweet,
gentle girl, whom I love with all my heart,
and who- is willing to become my wife;
and I have resolved to marry. I have
tried a long time to tell you, but you would
not boar it.”
Nettie had listened to this speech in ut
ter amazement. She had long believed
that she was the beloved of Charley Grat
ton’s heart, and she meant —after she had
teased him to her heart’s content, to lis
ten to his love, and become his dutiful and
Moving wife. But her hopes were now
suddenly dashed to atoms. It was too
much. A giddiness came over her, and
but for the support of Charley’s arm she
would to the ground. Char
ley noticed her emotion, and feared he
had gone too far. It was but for a mo
ment, however. She soon gained herself
possession, and sat up rightly by his side.
Her face was very pale, but her eyes flash
ed proudly as she replied, and there was a
spice of bitterness in her tone :
“ May I ask the name of her who has
been honored with the offer of the hand
of my noble friend ?”
“ First, let me describe her. She is a
beautiful girl, and possessed of a warm
loving heart. She has hut one fault—-if
fault it may be called. She delights to
tease those who love her best, and often
she has given me a severe, heart pang. —
Yet, Nettie, I love her, deeply and fer
vently, and it shall he the object of my
life to guard her from harm, to protect
her, as far as I am able, from the slightest
breath of sorrow, and I shall bo abundant
ly rewarded by her love. Nettie, I have
never offered her my hand, though she has
long possessed 1 . X do it now,
Nettie. ! you ask her name ?”
NettieCgavo one long inquiring look, as
though: she but half comprehended his
words. •
“ Will you be my wife, Nettie ?”
“ What!” she replied, half bewildering--
ly, “ Are you not forervcr lost tp me ?”
“No, if you will conscnt to be mine!”
She. realized wha£ it would, tie to lose
him; she murmured „
“ Yc«, Charley, Xwill,”
Soon Master Dick came bounding into
the orchard, one hand filled with - a large
slice of bread and butter, whilAwith the
other he tossed his cap into the air, show
ing that he fully comprehended the state
of affairs, shouting at the top of his voice:
“ Hello, Mr. Gratton, ain’t you glad I
treed her, for you ?"
Both greeted this sally with a' burst of
laughter, and soon all three were engaged
in a wild romp upon the green turf.
We hardly need add that the patne au
tumn witnessed a right merry wedding at
the Did mansion of farmer Gray.
“Site Works for a living.”
Commend us to the girl of whom it is
sneoringly said, “she works for a living
in her we are always sure to find the ele
ments of a true woman —a real lady.—
True, we are not prepared to see a min
cing step —a haughty lip —a fashionable
dress—or hear a string of splendid non
sense about the balls and young men—the
new novels and the next party—no —no ;
bat we are prepared to hear sound words
of good sense —language becoming wo
man, and to see a neat dress, mild brow,
and to witness movements that would not
disgrace an angel.
You who are looking for wives and com
panions, turn from the fashionable, lazy,
haughty girls, and select one from any of
those who work for a living, and never —
our word for it—will you repent your
choice. Yoa want d substantial friend
and not a doll; a help-mate and not a help
eat; a counsellor and not a sinipleton.—
Y ou may not be able to carry a piano into
your house, hut you can purchase a spin
ning wheel or a set of knitting needles.
If you, cannot purchase any new novel,
you may be able to take some valuable pa
per. If you cannot buy a ticket to the
ball, you can visit some afflicted neighbor.
Be careful then when you loolf for com
panions and whom you choose. We know
many a foolish man, who instead .of choos
ing the industrious and prudent woman
for a wife, took one from the fashionable
walks, and is now lamenting his folly in
dust and ashes. He ran into thafirowith
his eyes wide open, and who but himself
is' to blame '( , •.
The time was when ladies who went a
visiting took their work with them. This
is the reason why we have such excellent
mothers. How singular would a gay wo
man look in a fashionable circle darning
her father’s stockings, or carding wool to
spin ? Would not her companions laugh
at her ? And yet such a woman would he
a prize for somebody! Blessed is the man
who chooses his wife from the despised
girls “who work for a living.” ,
A Fuuny £kGldi.
A Hoosier, an awful ugly maii'j relating
his travels in Missouri, said that he had
arrived at Chickenvillc in the forenoon,
and just a few days before there had been
a boat bursted, and a heap of people burn
ed and killed one way and another. So,
at last, as I went into a grocery, a squad
of people followed in, and one bowed and
said, “It’s one of the unfortunate r sufferex-s
by the bursting of the Franklin."
Upon that he asked me to drink with
him, and as I put the tumbler to my
mouth he stopped mo of a sudden.
“I beg your pardon, but —"
“But what ?” sez I.
“Just fix your mouth that way again/'
sez he. N
I done it just as I was gwinOdo drink,
and I’ll be hanged if I didn't think they
would gone into fits. They yelled and
hooped like a pack of wolves* Finally
one of the gang sez :
“Don’t make fun of the unfortunate;
he’s hardly got over being blowed up yet.
Let’s make up-a puss for him."
They then throwed in, and made up five
dollars. As the spokesman handed me
the change, ho axed, mb :
“Where did you find yourself after the
explosion ?"
“In a flat boat," sez I. ’
“How far-off?"
“Why,” scz I, “I never seed, but as
Dear as I can guess, it was about three
hundred and seventy iniles.” i .
You’d orter seen that crowd scatter.'
An Angel with Boots oisr.-r-There is
no accounting for little children's inven
tion and explanation Of things. iSyto little
prattlers were looking out Of the window
at a feather-vane on the tip of ithe stee
ple of a Universalist church. Siiis wea
ther-vane, which was put there to tell
which way the wind blew, was in the
shape of-a man with hoots on. The chil
dren wondered what it could he. “Is it
an angel ?” says one. “No,” said the oth
er, “it can’t be an angel, because angels
have wings, and angels don't wear boots.”
,“o,”vBaid the first, “I’ll teH you wbat jt
is, : It’s, a Universalist angel ‘With boots
on, going to heaven afoot.’’ A|.
pgr TTa who brings ridicutg : to bear
against troth finds infus with
out a hilt, The most sparfcHng aind
ted dame of wit, flickers . and | expbss
against the inc ombuslible of her
sanctuary. . ”■. ,J , V
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Country Btoetln*
An Illinois editor, who sometimes has
ah attack of Phonography, attended a
country aneetin’, where he took down the
following different topics of conversation
at one-time: - . .
“Tote for Lovejoy 1” exclaimed a polit*
ical aspirant indignantly, “I'd as soon rote
for Lloyd Garrison, himself, loaded down
as he is with”- . . :, i
“Two. of the fattest beef crittets yon
ever sot your eyes on,” interrupteda deal
er in cattle , “that I sold for”— 1
“That horrid yellow dress again,” ex
claimed Miss Sprnse, in whatmighfehave
sounded like a whisper if she hsahehn on
the other side of the room; “painted, teoi
half an inch thick, and
‘‘Teeth and nails to get the office,”
broke in another politician; “bat the peo*
pie will not trust him; besides hois”-**
: “Spavined in both hind legs, wind bto
ken and foundered, to boot, as I told Blr.
Jarvis at the
“One tea cup full of butter, two of so*
gar, three of flour, four eggs|, and a sprin
kling of nutmeg, makes I ”—* - ’ ' ' j _
“Both ends meet when the year comes
round, poor woman ! for she h|B got six
children, the oldest one blind,
“No saddle or bridle to ride him, with*
somebody stole it while I Was gone to Chi
cago after”—
“The long milennial day whioh we bavO
no doubt is to be brought but through the
ministration of”—
“Two Dutchmen, a monkey and hand
organ to grind it; and oh, it made the. fun
niest music, and thq figures danced around
like”
“Nino thousand miles of railroad tracks
and this at an estimate cost of ; j
“Five cents a dosen. I sold four'bond
to Mrs. Wilson, and the' hawks carried off
three, besides any number of chickens,
and”— ’
“Such a handsome youhginan, and ho
dances so bc-eiotifully; Did you ever see
a handsomer pair of whiskers, or mo^oln
sinuating”—• ' 5 7
“Handle to my new teapot, and Tom
my declared he hadn’t touched itutall,
and I knew Kmily hadn’t for she had”—
“Running at the rate of 25 miles au
hour with no lights on, and arounda curve
at that, when the locomotive broke .the
bridge over”—
“That young Miss Brown that had;the
small-pox last spring., They do say* that
she is going to marry”—-
“Two pointer dogs and the best gun in
town. 1 wanted the gun the worst way,’
and offered him”—
“The scarlet fever arid whopping cough
and I don’t know what he hadn’t had, poor
little darling. This is the first time I’ve
taken him out at all since”-— : f
“The Mexican War, which 1 consider
perfectly unjustifiable, unless.it be on tho
ground that”—
“The preacher has come,” exclaimed a
boy, and depositing my report in my pock
et, I proceeded into the school-house to
muse on the utility of phonography.
A Noble Sentiment. —Same true
heart has given expression to its generous
nature in the following beautiful seqti-.
ment; Never desert a friend when chu
mies gather around him—when aicknesst
falls on the heart—when the world is dark
and cheerless—is the time to try ,a friend.
They 1 who turn from a scene of distress
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that in
terest moves them. If you hare a friend
who loves you and studiesyour interest
and happiness, be sure to sustain himin
adversity. Let him feci that his former
kindness is appreciated, and that his love
it not thrown away.' Real fidelity may be
rare, but it exists in the heart.. Who has
not seen and felt its power? jFhey deny
its worth who never loved a friend or Ist
bore'd to make a friend happy.
How to PnojtfbUNCß
ending syllable “ough ” wbiebiaencfc'iir
terror io is sbown up
veral pronunciations in tbe fqlte^in.gU|)Qait
Wife, make nje seme dumplings of dough, *
They arc better' than meat for my cough; '
Pray,' let them be boiled tUVbot '
But not till they’re heary oV tough. . 5
Now, I most bo offtolhe plough,
' And the boys, (when they*To hod enough,)
Must keep off the flies with a bough,; ■['■* .
'While the old marc drinks at the trough.
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9SS*--A couple (not. long marriedjwero
contending about what should be the nusj&
of their first and only child. ' /
“John, my dear, I want to name him
Peter/’ v"’.
“Oh 1 no, dear Hattie, I don’t, like-Pe*
tor—he denied his master. &t>v£;ca|i
him Joseph*” ;' ,7,', ;;
“Why, John, I can’t bear Joaept--hp
denied hia mlstressi
> A dandy who wantpjl tbe milk
passed to him thus aske d forit*
? “landlady, please yonr
this way > ;• ' 1 ■■••, ;*■
Tho thns retorted:
“Waited, fete this cos down where thq
•I ;'jg3u. Never forget the kmdoeg^li^
others do for you, wrowsl
the kindness which tou do for th^ -
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